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11.49 The West, Federal Indian Policy, and Environmental Change Worksheet

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The West, Federal Indian Policy, and Environmental Change: Determine which map, policy, conflict, or source best explains settlement of the West, the reservation system, allotment, mining, ranching, farming, and environmental consequences. Aligned to C3 Framework; CCSS RH.11-12; AP U.S. History; NAEP U.S. History; CA HSS; NY SS; FL SS. 11.49 - The West, Federal Indian Policy, and Environmental Change: Determine which map, policy, conflict, or source best explains settlement of the West, the reservation system, allotment, mining, ranching, farming, and environmental consequences. (C3 D2.Geo.4-12.9-12; C3 D2.His.4-6.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.7; APUSH Period 6; NAEP Themes 2-3; CA HSS 11.2; NY 11.5; FL SS.912.A.3.)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Use the synthesis display with a settlement map, Dawes Act policy card, and mining-pollution table. Which overarching interpretation best connects the three pieces of evidence?

AWestern expansion happened without laws, markets, conflict, or environmental effects.

BFederal Indian policy affected only eastern cities and had no land consequences.

CMining, farming, and ranching were unrelated to settlement patterns.

DWestern expansion was shaped by federal policy, private economic interests, Native dispossession, and environmental change.

Solution & Explanation:The settlement map, allotment policy, and mining-pollution evidence together show that western development involved government action, economic opportunity, Native land loss, and environmental consequences.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Use the map overlaying early national parks and forest reserves with Indigenous homelands. Which nuanced interpretation is best?

AConservation policy had no relationship to land access or federal authority.

BNational parks automatically restored full tribal governance over protected lands.

CConservation protected some landscapes while also restricting Native access and sovereignty in those spaces.

DForest reserves existed only in eastern cities and factory districts.

Solution & Explanation:Federal conservation preserved selected landscapes from some forms of development, but it often did so through federal control that limited Native use, presence, or sovereignty.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Use the boomtown population graph showing rapid growth after an ore discovery and decline after ore exhaustion. Which conclusion best connects economy and settlement?

ABoomtowns always became permanent capitals regardless of ore supply.

BExtractive economies could create unstable settlements dependent on resource prices and ore supply.

CMining settlements were isolated from resource prices and investment flows.

DOre exhaustion caused population growth to accelerate indefinitely.

Solution & Explanation:Mining towns depended on ore quality, prices, capital, and transportation. When extraction slowed, many boomtowns lost population or changed function.

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